Improved stove-pipe elbow



J. G. PERRY.

Stove Pipe ElbowQ No. 45,745. Patented Jan, 3. 1865.

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UNITED STATES JOHNGr. PERRY, OF SOUTH PATENT OFFICE.

KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVED STOVE-PIPE ELBOW.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,745, dated January3, 1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. PERRY, of SouthKingston, in the county of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Pipe Elbows; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and correct de' scriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,similar letters denoting the same parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the elbow with pieces of pipe attached.Fig. 2 shows the damper separate. Fig. 3 represents the two parts of thepipe separated to show their construction, which is as follows, though Iwill first remark that a patent was granted to me June 14, 1864, upon astove-pipe elbow, upon which this may be considered as an improvement.

It is made in a curved form and cast in two parts, A 0', one of which,A, has a beaded flange, a, on its edge to shut over the edge of theother part, and thus close the joint, similar to what I described in mypatent before mentioned. One end of the elbow R is made small enough toreceive the end of the pipe on the outside B, but the other end, 0, ismade a little larger, so as to receive the end of the pipe D on theinside, when the two parts are put together, and two projections, z z,are made on one part to catch into two recesses, 50 00, made in theother part, or cars may be cast on the parts so as to be riveted orscrewed together, so as to hold that end of the elbow fast. The otherend having the pipe on the outside requires no other fastening. Recessesare made in both sides at m n, to receive the damper s, which, in thiscase, can be cast in one piece and laid in place before the parts I areput together.

To take the elbow apart, press in one of the corners with projectionsuntil it is released from its recess, and put it together by firstentering one of the projections into its recess and then springing inthe other. Some of the advantages of making the elbow in this way arethat they can be made lighter, smoother, cheaper, and better, as theycan be easily cast without a core, and have the pipe inside at one endand outside at the other, as usual, and a damper made in one piece canbe used and put in without any troublc,and save time, labor, andexpense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. As a new article of manufacture, a castiron stove-pipe elbow made intwo parts and having one end made small enough to receive the pipe onthe outside and the other end large enough to receive the pipe ontheinside with the projections or fastenings, when constructedsubstantially as herein set forth, and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of the damper with the two parts of the elbow,substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN G. PERRY.

Vitnesses:

0. ll. PERRY, J. E. PERRY.

